The Worst Passwords of 2013

With all of the data breaches you hear about on the news every evening, it makes you wonder how these things happens. Identity theft is rampant and yet most people fail to perform the most basic steps to protect themselves online.

One of the easiest ways to keep someone out of your online accounts is with a strong password. SplashData recently released its 2013 list of the worst passwords. Just take a look at the list:

123456

password

12345678

Qwerty

Abc123

123456789

111111

1234567

iloveyou

adobe123

123123

Admin

1234567890

letmein

photoshop

1234

monkey

shadow

sunshine

12345

password1

princess

azerty

trustno1

000000

If you’re using any of these passwords or a close variation, you may want to consider updating your password with something a little stronger. Here are a few tips on how to create a strong password: